Ward


Gender:
Origin: English
1184 famous people named Ward found on Wikipedia.
14724 male, 52 female in US.
Most recent ranking: 2971-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 243-th in year 1899
Used in: English

Meanings

Old English weard "a guarding, protection; watchman, sentry, keeper," from Proto-Germanic *wardaz "guard" (source also of Old Saxon ward, Old Norse vörðr, Old High German wart), from PIE *war-o-, suffixed form of root *wer- (3) "perceive, watch out for." Used for administrative districts (at first in the sense of guardianship) from late 14c.; of hospital divisions from 1749. Meaning "minor under control of a guardian" is from early 15c. Ward-heeler is 1890, from heeler "loafer, one on the lookout for shady work" (1870s).

Occupational surname for a watchman, guard.

Famous People: 1184 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Andre Ward 1984 An American professional boxer
2 Sela Ward 1956 Actress
3 Burt Ward 1945 American actor
4 Micky Ward 1965 American-Irish boxer
5 Shayne Ward 1984 English singer
6 Hines Ward 1976 American football player, wide receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers
7 Ward Bond 1903 American film actor
8 Gemma Ward 1987 Australian model
9 Fred Ward 1942 Actor
10 Luca Ward 1960 Italian actor and voice actor
11 Maitland Ward 1977 Actress
12 Pendleton Ward 1982 American animator
13 Lalla Ward 1951 English actress, author
14 Charlie Ward 1970 All-American college football player, quarterback, college basketball player, professional basketball player, Heisman Trophy winner
15 Evelyn Ward 1923 American actress
16 Zack Ward 1970 Canadian actor
17 Ashley Ward 1970 English footballer
18 T. J. Ward 1986 American football player, defensive back, safety
19 Ward Meachum
20 Sophie Ward 1964 English actress
21 Freda Dudley Ward 1894 British socialite
22 Simon Ward 1941 English stage and film actor
23 M. Ward 1973 Singer-songwriter and guitarist
24 Susan Ward 1976 American actress and model
25 ZZ Ward 1986 American musician
26 Ward Cunningham 1949 American computer programmer who developed the first wiki
27 Ann Ward 1991 Female fashion model from the USA
28 Clarissa Ward 1980 Television journalist
29 Tom Ward 1971 Actor
30 Megan Ward 1969 American actress
31 Kelly Ward 1956 American actor
32 Jamie Ward 1986 Footballer
33 Darrell Ward 1964
34 Kelli Ward 1969 American politician
35 Ward Churchill 1947 Political activist
36 Brennan Ward 1988 American mixed martial artist
37 Joel Ward 1989 English footballer
38 Ward Horton 1976 American actor
39 Jack Ward 1600 English pirate
40 Tyler Ward 1989 American singer/songwriter
41 Lyman Ward 1941 Actor
42 William Arthur Ward 1965 American writer
43 Alie Ward American TV actress, TV host, writer and painter
44 B. J. Ward 1944 Actress and singer
45 Cam Ward 1984 Canadian ice hockey player
46 Stephen Ward 1912 Central figure in the Profumo affair
47 Ward Weaver III 1963 American rapist
48 Ward Hill Lamon 1828 Friend of Abraham Lincoln
49 Jonathan Ward 1970 American actor
50 Anita Ward 1957 Singer and musician
51 Vonda Ward 1973 American basketball player
52 Luke Ward Fictional human
53 Grant Ward 1994 English footballer
54 Nancy Ward 1738 Eastern Cherokee Ghighau, or Beloved Woman, and warrior, introduced dairying and chattel slavery to Cherokee
55 Ward Cleaver
56 Ward Kimball 1914 American animator
57 Andrea Ward 1963 Italian voice actor and dialogue writer
58 Ward Burton 1961 American racing driver
59 Jay Ward 1920 American television producer
60 Clifford T. Ward 1944 English singer-songwriter
61 Rhys Ward 1989 Canadian actor
62 Jimmie Ward 1991 American football player
63 Mateus Ward 1999 Actor from America
64 Elliott Ward 1985 Footballer
65 Rich Ward 1969 American musician
66 Terron Ward 1992
67 Jillian Ward 2005 Filipino child actress
68 Lauren Ward 1970 American actress
69 Maurice Ward 1933 British inventor mainly known for the invention of a thermal insulator called starlite.
70 Darcy Ward 1992 Australian speedway rider
71 Roger Ward 1937 Australian actor
72 Frederick Townsend Ward 1831 American general
73 Leslie Ward 1851 British cartoonist
74 Artemas Ward 1727 Continental Army general
75 Jihad Ward 1994
76 David S. Ward 1945 American film director
77 Clara Ward 1924 American singer
78 Derrick Ward 1980 American football player
79 Scooter Ward 1970 American singer
80 Adam Kelly Ward 1982
81 Orlando Ward 1891 United States Army general
82 Selwyn Ward 1977 American actor
83 Richard Ward 1915 American actor
84 Vincent Ward 1956 New Zealand film director
85 Lester Frank Ward 1841 American sociologist
86 Aaron Montgomery Ward 1843 American businessman
87 Lynd Ward 1905 American artist
88 Ian Ward 1972 English cricketer
89 William E. Ward 1949 United States general
90 Jesmyn Ward 1977 American writer
91 Jared Ward 1988
92 Bernie Ward 1951 American sex offender
93 Tom L. Ward 1959 Businessman; Billionaire
94 Alexander Ward 1990 British tennis player
95 Colin Ward 1924 British anarchist writer
96 Rodger Ward 1921 American racecar driver
97 John Montgomery Ward 1860 American Major League Baseball pitcher, shortstop and manager
98 Tracy Louise Ward 1958 British actor, environmental activist
99 Christopher Ward 1949 Canadian singer-songwriter
100 Guendalina Ward 1982
101 Olivia Ward 1975 Reality television personality, opera singer
102 Felicity Ward 1980 Australian comedian
103 Mary Augusta Ward 1851 British novelist
104 Callan Ward 1990 Australian rules footballer
105 Ward McAllister 1827 American socialite
106 James Allen Ward 1919 Recipient of the Victoria Cross
107 Andy Ward 1952 Musician
108 Pam Ward American sportsbroadcaster
109 Mike Ward 1973 Comedian from Canada
110 Keith Ward 1938 British theologian
111 Matthew Ward 1958 American singer
112 Algy Ward 1959 English guitarist
113 Vincent M. Ward 1971 Actor
114 Aleardo Ward 1915 Italian actor
115 Duane Ward 1964 American baseball player
116 James Ward 1769 English painter and engraver (1769-1859)
117 Ward Connerly 1939 Political activist, businessman
118 Victoria Ward 1939 English actress
119 Joshua John Ward 1800 American politician
120 Bill Ward 1919 American art director
121 Turner Ward 1965 American baseball player
122 McLain Ward 1975 Olympic equestrian and Grand Prix Rider
123 John Clive Ward 1924 British-Australian nuclear physicist
124 Jessie Ward 1982 American actress
125 Mark Ward 1962 English football midfielder, born 1962
126 Joseph Ward 1856 New Zealand politician
127 Darren Ward 1978 English footballer
128 Geoffrey Ward 1940 American historian, author and film writer
129 Samuel A. Ward 1847 American organist and composer
130 Ward Moore 1903 American writer
131 Robin Ward 1944 Canadian game show host
132 Dennis Ward 1967 American bass player and music producer
133 Marcus Lawrence Ward 1812 American politician
134 Daryle Ward 1975 American baseball player
135 Jeff Ward 1962 American musician
136 Mary Ward 1915 Australian actress
137 Willis Ward 1912 Track and field athlete and American football player
138 John Quincy Adams Ward 1830 American sculptor
139 Matt Ward British author and board game designer
140 Margaret Ward 1550 English Catholic martyr
141 Samuel Ward 1725 Rhode Island colonial governor
142 Tim Ward 1985 American bassist and vocalist
143 Martin Ward 1991 English boxer, born 1991
144 Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward 1844 American author, intellectual and feminist
145 Danielle Ward 1978 British stand-up comedian, writer
146 Amelita Ward 1923 American actress
147 Steven Ward 1980 Matchmaker, TV personality
148 Michael Ward 1909 English actor
149 Caryn Ward 1980 American actress
150 Larry Ward 1924 British actor
151 Benjamin Ward 1926 Politician
152 Ward Sutton Illustrator
153 Harvie Ward 1925 Amateur golfer, professional golfer
154 Rohene Ward 1983 Figure skater
155 Ward Melville 1887 American businessman
156 Alessio Ward 1988 Italian voice actor
157 William Dudley Ward 1877 English sportsman and Liberal politician
158 John Ward 1951 English football player and manager
159 Ward Costello 1919 American actor and musician
160 Robert Ward 1917 American composer
161 Mary Jane Ward 1905 American writer
162 Vicky Ward 1969 British investigative journalist
163 Rachel Ward 1964 British author
164 Wesley A. Ward 1968 American jockey
165 Justus Ward
166 Herbert Ward 1863 British artist
167 Jeremy Michael Ward 1976 American guitarist
168 Stevie Ward 1993 English rugby league player
169 Jerod Ward 1976 American basketball player
170 Jim Ward 1951 Fantasy author and game designer
171 Thomas Lee Ward 1936 American murderer
172 Aaron Ward 1896 American baseball player
173 Peter Ward 1955 English footballer
174 Claire Ward 1972 British politician
175 Ward Wood 1924 American actor
176 Graham Ward 1955 English Anglican priest and theologian
177 Douglas Turner Ward 1930 American playwright
178 Helen Ward 1913 American jazz singer
179 Ward Lambert 1888 American basketball player, coach, and administrator, baseball player and coach, American football player
180 Fannie Ward 1872 Actress
181 Chris Ward 1978 Professional surfer from the United States
182 Ward Hunt 1810 American politician
183 Dave Ward 1985
184 Rowland Ward 1848 British taxidermist
185 Jason Ward 1979 Canadian ice hockey player
186 Ward Swingle 1927 American jazz singer
187 Billy Ward 1993 Australian boxer
188 Ferdinand Ward 1851 Investment fraudster
189 Maxwell William Ward 1921 Canadian aviator
190 Pete Ward 1937 Baseball player
191 Gavin Ward British guitarist
192 Nathaniel Ward 1578 Puritan clergyman and pamphleteer in England and Massachusetts
193 Gary Ward 1953 American baseball player and coach
194 Dedric Ward 1974 American football player
195 Ward Just 1935 Novelist, short story writer
196 Ward Christensen 1945 Computer pioneer, invented Xmodem and co-invented BBS
197 David Ward
198 Jennifer Ward 1957 Canadian broadcast journalis
199 Tony Ward 1970 Fashion designer
200 Mary Mae Ward